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Kingdom Hearts III wouldn't feel right without a theme song by Japanese pop star Hikaru Utada, would it? Thankfully we now have confirmation of what was otherwise simply expected, since the singer's father, Teruzane Utada, gave a simple affirmativ...

The users of travel website Trip Advisor recently ranked Japan's best free sightseeing spots. Of course, if you're visiting Japan from abroad and in a position to spring for airfare, odds are you're not so strapped for cash you can't afford to spe...

Animate Japan will have a Free! in-store screening event at their Ikebukuro and Osaka Nohinbashi locations and the online poll to decide which episodes to be shown at the event was recently closed with the results completed.

Kodansha USA's general manager Dallas Middaugh reaffirmed at New York Comic Con last Friday that the new Sailor Moon anime will stream on Niconico around January, and added that it will be subtitled in 10 languages.

Singer Ayumi Hamasaki wrote and sang the theme song "Pray" for Buddha 2: Tezuka Osamu no Buddha ~Owarinaki Tabi~, the second film in the planned trilogy based on the late Osamu Tezuka's Buddha manga. It will be Hamasaki's first theme song for an a...

Recap: Kouta starts (ab)using his newfound powers for all kinds of tomfoolery, while team Baron attempt to get rid of their competition by challenging team Gaim to an Inves battle. Aqua's thoughts: Kamen Rider Gaim continues to build up a solid st...

HELL YES. DON'T LOSE YOUR WAAAAAAAAAY! Kill la Kill Episode 3 Review "Junketsu"(純潔) I've had some complaints about Kill la Kill being going on the extreme side far too quickly in the previous two episodes, and I definitely still think that they're...

Last week, The Pokémon Company released Pokémon X and Pokémon Y for the Nintendo 3DS. In Japan, the pair of games collectively sold 1. 86 million copies at retail in their first week on the market. Additionally, Japanese sales tracker Media Crea...

Original 'Eureka 7' TV & Theatrical Feature Anime Licensed & Solicited Posted by Chris Beveridge October 18, 2013 at 12:01 PM Eureka 7 While the Diamond Previews listings aren't as inaccurate as they were a decade ago, there's still a grain of sal...

Opinions (A): Even when Little Busters! Refrain finally buckles down and starts throwing some answers our way, it only continues to deepen the mysteries surrounding its rather unique world. It seems like the answers are coming, but the series deci...

Kill La Kill Episode 3 Nothing beats the power of two exhibitionists. What They Say: Having kept her end of the bargain, Ryuko demands answers from her homeroom teacher, Aikuro Mikisugi, and learns the secret behind the power of Senketsu and the G...

The official website for the Ghost in the Shell Arise anime project and the PlayStation YouTube channel began streaming the theatrical trailer for the second installment on Saturday. The second episode, titled "border:2 Ghost Whispers," will open ...

Quite a few of you joined us in our excitement for The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds 3DS XL bundle, which was recently confirmed for European release. While it's hard to imagine it not coming to North America, a leaked GameStop Black Frid...

Quite sudden, an anime entitled "Sekai Seifuku" has been revealed to be coming soon by A-1 Pictures – an anime evidently about world domination, with a CM introducing us to a crew of very odd characters.

As the clock ticks towards the Dark Hour, a new visual and third preview have been revealed for the anime movie. Set to hit Japnese theaters November 23rd, the feature adapts the 2006 PlayStation 2 JRPG.

Kakumeiki Valvrave - 14 I have a suspicion that sometime during Valvrave's development, someone asked "What's it about? ", and someone else answered "Yes. " Well, somehow or another Valvrave the Liberator managed to find another plot thread that w...

Nendoroid Maria Takayama from Haganai is about to get shipped out on the 24th, but first Kahotan wants to give us all a little peek at the nun with attitude – and a few friends came out to visit. Maria is the fourth Haganai...

Harvest Moon: Connect to a New Land is slated for release in February 2014 on the Nintendo 3DS, and Marvelous AQL have shared a batch of screenshots for the game, giving one a glimpse at the ranch and a couple of the game's characters.

T-ARA has announced new Japanese single NUMBER NINE / Kioku ~ Kimi ga Kureta Michishirube ~. The double-A side single is their 8th Japanese single and title track Kioku ~ Kimi ga Kureta Michishirube ~ is featured in movie Jinx!

Along with Attack on Titan's Mikasa, Good Smile Company has Mayoi Hachikuji from Bakemonogatari and Symphogear's Chris Yukine joining the super deformed Nendoroid line in January 2014. And, with Snail Girl just now hitting pre-order, get a look be...

A hot new Japanese product has been making the internet rounds over the past few days -- Nyan Nyan Nouveau, a wine being marketed specifically for cats. Some of you who've yet to read about it are probably questioning why anyone would ever want to...

「汝の名は侵略者」 (Nanji no na wa Shinryaku-sha) "You are an Invader" Invaders don't always come howling in on horseback, and sometimes the most dangerous weapon of all are ideas. Education Can Change the World This was mentioned in the comments last week...

New CAPSULE album CAPS LOCK out now The new CAPSULE album CAPS LOCK is out now – and available in the UK via iTunes. CAPSULE's new release is the first since producer and songwriter Yasutaka Nakata switched to new label unBORDE (home to Kyary Pam...

19/10/2013: Wolf Children theatrical screening locations confirmed Listed on the Manga Entertainment 'blog There's plenty of hype building for Mamoru Hosoda's Wolf Children, and deservedly so - but if you're still looking for an opportunity to cat...

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